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n. Anything anomalous. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) One of a group of perching birds, having the middle toe more or less united to the outer and inner ones. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ #), } a. [ L. anomalus irregular + pes, pedis, foot. ] Having anomalous feet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An anomaly; a deviation from rule. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. anomalistique. ] 1. Irregular; departing from common or established rules. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Astron.) Pertaining to the anomaly, or angular distance of a planet from its perihelion. [ 1913 Webster ]

Anomalistic month. See under Month. --
Anomalistic revolution, the period in which a planet or satellite goes through the complete cycles of its changes of anomaly, or from any point in its elliptic orbit to the same again. --
Anomalistic, or
Periodical year. See under Year. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. With irregularity. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. anomalus irregular + flos, floris, flower. ] (Bot.) Having anomalous flowers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 a natural family comprising the flashlightfishes.
Syn. -- family Anomalopidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1 a fish having a luminous organ beneath eye; it inhabits warm waters of the West Pacific and Puerto Rico. It is called also flashlight fish.
Syn. -- flashlight fish [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 the smallest moa (Anomalopteryx oweni); it is a slender moa about the size of a large turkey.
Syn. -- Anomalopteryx oweni. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. anomalus, Gr. &unr_; uneven, irregular; 'an priv. + &unr_; even, &unr_; same. See Same, and cf. Abnormal. ] Deviating from a general rule, method, or analogy; abnormal; irregular; as, an anomalous proceeding. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an anomalous manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Quality of being anomalous. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Anomalies [ L. anomalia, Gr. &unr_;. See Anomalous. ] 1. Deviation from the common rule; an irregularity; anything anomalous. [ 1913 Webster ]

We are enabled to unite into a consistent whole the various anomalies and contending principles that are found in the minds and affairs of men. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

As Professor Owen has remarked, there is no greater anomaly in nature than a bird that can not fly. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Astron.) (a) The angular distance of a planet from its perihelion, as seen from the sun. This is the true anomaly. The eccentric anomaly is a corresponding angle at the center of the elliptic orbit of the planet. The mean anomaly is what the anomaly would be if the planet's angular motion were uniform. (b) The angle measuring apparent irregularities in the motion of a planet. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Nat. Hist.) Any deviation from the essential characteristics of a specific type. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to name instead; &unr_; + &unr_; to name, &unr_; name. ] (Rhet.) The use of some epithet or the name of some office, dignity, or the like, instead of the proper name of the person; as when his majesty is used for a king, or when, instead of Aristotle, we say, the philosopher; or, conversely, the use of a proper name instead of an appellative, as when a wise man is called a Solomon, or an eminent orator a Cicero. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or characterized by, antonomasia. -- An`to*no*mas"tic*al*ly adv. [1913 Webster]

n. Antonomasia. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Auto- + Gr. &unr_; a name, fr. &unr_; a name; or for E. antonomasia. ] (Rhet.) The use of a word of common or general signification for the name of a particular thing; as, “He has gone to town, ” for, “He has gone to London.” [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. axinomantia, Gr. &unr_; ax + -mancy. ] A species of divination, by means of an ax or hatchet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Botany + -mancy: cf. F. botanomantie. ] An ancient species of divination by means of plants, esp. sage and fig leaves. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. kapno`s smoke + mancy: cf. F. capnomancie. ] Divination by means of the ascent or motion of smoke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., fr. Gr. karki`nwma, fr. karki`nos crab, cancer. See -oma. ] (Med.) A form of malignant cancer arising from epithelial tissue. The term was earlier applied to all forms of cancer, or to certain non-malignant forms. It is contrasted with sarcoma, a malignant form of cancer arising from connective tissue. See Cancer. Dunglison. Stedman. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

a. Of or pertaining to carcinoma. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. ko`skinon sieve + -mancy. ] Divination by means of a suspended sieve. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. da`fnh the laurel + -mancy. ] Divination by means of the laurel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. dai`mwn demon + magei`a magic. ] Magic in which the aid of demons is invoked; black or infernal magic. Bp. Hurd. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Demon + mania. ] A form of madness in which the patient conceives himself possessed of devils. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; a war against images; e'ikw`n an image + &unr_; fight. ] Hostility to images as objects of worship. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL. See Icon, and Mania. ] A mania or infatuation for icons, whether as objects of devotion, bric-a-brac, or curios. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Chem.) See Capnomor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. leka`nh bowl or basin + -mancy. ] Divination practiced with water in a basin, by throwing three stones into it, and invoking the demon whose aid was sought. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. See Lymph, Aden-, and -oma. ] (Med.) See Lymphoma. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.), Any of several malignant neoplasms (usually of the skin) consisting of melanocytes; called also melanoma. It is classed as a type of skin cancer. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n.; L. pl. -nomata /plu>. [ NL.; Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, black + -oma. ] (Med.) (a) A tumor containing dark pigment. Such tumors are usually malignant and often fatal. (b) Development of dark-pigmented tumors. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

n. One who fights in single combat; a duelist. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ L. monomachia, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; fighting in single combat; mo`nos single, alone + &unr_; to fight. ] A duel; single combat. “The duello or monomachia.” Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A monomaniac. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Mono- + mania. ] Derangement of the mind in regard of a single subject only; also, such a concentration of interest upon one particular subject or train of ideas to show mental derangement. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Insanity; madness; alienation; aberration; derangement; mania. See Insanity. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A person affected by monomania. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. monomaniaque. ] Affected with monomania, or partial derangement of intellect; caused by, or resulting from, monomania; as, a monomaniacal delusion. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;, lit., a feeding. See Name. ] (Med.) See Canker, n., 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. nomas, -adis, Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, pasturing, roaming without fixed home, fr. &unr_; a pasture, allotted abode, fr. &unr_; to distribute, allot, drive to pasture; prob. akin to AS. niman to take, and E. nimble: cf. F. nomade. Cf. Astronomy, Economy, Nimble, Nemesis, Numb, Number. ] One of a race or tribe that has no fixed location, but wanders from place to place in search of pasture or game. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Roving; nomadic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ] See Nomad, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A nomad. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;. See Nomad. ] Of or pertaining to nomads, or their way of life; wandering; moving from place to place for subsistence; as, a nomadic tribe. -- No*mad"ic*al*ly adv. [1913 Webster]

n. The state of being a nomad. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Nomadized p. pr. & vb. n. Nomadizing ] To lead the life of a nomad; to wander with flocks and herds for the sake of finding pasturage. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Vogules nomadize chiefly about the Rivers Irtish, Obi, Kama, and Volga. W. Tooke. [ 1913 Webster ]